Steinfeldt Peace Studies Scholars

Since 1891, George Fox University has been educating Christian leaders for effective service in improving the spiritual and material conditions of human life. The Center for Peace and Justice is one of the significant ways George Fox University carries out its Christ-centered, Quaker mission.

Created in December 1984 as the Center for Peace Learning, the Center for Peace and Justice helps people understand and manage the many forms of conflict. The center's goal is to nurture agents of hope, people who embody in their citizenship, careers, and daily lives God's promised gifts of peace and reconciliation.

The Center for Peace and Justice extends the Quaker heritage and the Christian higher educational work of George Fox University by collecting information, teaching, and providing resources and experiences in peacemaking and conflict management at all levels of human interaction, from interpersonal to international.

Ongoing Work

George Fox joins the President's Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge
Facilitated by the Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships

The Center for Peace and Justice director Clint Baldwin wrote a proposal that was accepted by the campus challenge project in 2011. This initiative encourages institutions of higher education to make the vision for interfaith cooperation and community service a reality on campuses across the country. Each summer, the White House recognizes those colleges and universities who create and implement the best plans.

GFU will continue the campus challenge project during the 2013-2014 academic year.